Flag and jardiniere holder



June 20, 1967 J J, 5 LAWRENCE ET AL 3,326,504

FLAG AND JARDINIEHE HOLDER Filed May 5, 1966 IN VENTORS Jobml..Silaalrwce 14/12? Z. fifia/Ion.

United States Patent 3,326,504 FLAG AND JARDINIERE HOLDER John J. St.Lawrence and Alice L. McMahon, both of 435 Essex St., Lynn, Mass. 01902Filed May 5, 1966, Ser. No. 547,928 1 Claim. (Cl. 24827.8)

This invention relates to the broad class of holders, and moreparticularly to holders for flags and jardinieres, the holders beingespecially adapted to securement to tombstones.

Many people who like to place a flag at the grave of their loved-ones aswell as flowers, find that neither the flag nor the flowers will remainvery long in an upright position, no matter how much care is spent orwhat device is used to keep them in a vertical position.

It is, therefore, the principal object of this invention to provide aflag and jardiniere holder that is especially adapted to hold a flagvertically upward on one side of a tombstone and a jardiniere on theother side of the stone, a jardiniere being a French name that isbroadly interpreted to mean flowerpot.

Another object of this invention is to provide a flag and jardiniereholder of the character described comprising a strip of metal that isformed into the configuration shown in the accompanying drawing forsecurement to the upper end of a tombstone.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a flag andjardiniere holder of the character herein described that will firmlyhold both a flag on one narrow side of the tombstone and a jardiniere onthe other narrow side. The device will not distract ones attention fromthe tombstone to which it is secured as it is a thin strip of metal orthe like that will not distract ones attention from the wording on thetombstone.

Other and further objects of this invention will become apparent as thedescription of the invention proceeds and the accompanying drawing isexamined.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a front view of this invention secured to a tombstone whichis shown in phantom lines.

FIGURE 2 is a pictorial view of this invention in its entirety.

FIGURE 3 is a top view of this invention.

FIGURE 4 is a pictorial view of a trio of tombstones showing thisinvention secured to each tombstone and supporting both a flag andjardiniere on the narrow side of each tombstone.

In the drawing, like parts are indicated by like numbers. The numberindicates this entire invention which consists of an elongated U-shapedmember 11 that is formed from a strip of metal or the like having twooutwardly turned ends 12 through which passes the spring-' loaded bolt13. A vertically disposed tubular flag staff holder 14 is welded orotherwise secured to the lateral center of the end portion 15 of theaforesaid elongated U-shaped member 11 of this invention of ours.

To the other end 16 is welded or otherwise secured a 3,326,504 PatentedJune 20, 1967 second U-shaped member 17 which holds the circular band 18in which the jardiniere is placed as one can understand by looking atFIGURES l and 2 of the accompanying drawing. A vertically disposednameplate holder 19 is suitably secured to the aforesaid inventionalthough the nameplate itself is not shown in any of the views of theaccompanying drawing. The aforesaid tubular flagstaif holder 14 may betapered slightly inwards towards the bottom 20 in order to prevent theflagstafl from slipping too far down in the holder or it may be replacedwith a ring if so desired.

The way in which this invention of ours is used is so obvious fromexamination of the drawing as to need no explanation in thisspecification.

While this invention is preferably made from nonmagnetic stainlesssteel, it can be made of any desired material. Changes and modificationsmay be made in the design and construction of the invention in so longas the changes and modifications fall within the scope and intent of theappended claim.

What we claim as new is:

A flag and jardiniere holder adapted to be secured to the upper portionof a tombstone at a distance above the base portion thereof comprising,in combination, a first relatively flat strip of material having a widthsubstantially greater than its thickness, said strip being formed into arectangular configuration for positioning around the upper portion of atombstone and having end portions adjacent each other when so formed,said end portions being turned outwardly from the plane of said stripsubstantially at right angles thereto to form a pair of cars, lockingmeans for drawing said ears towards each other under tension wherebysaid strip may be tightly fitted to said tombstone, a circular band ofmaterial securely attached to one leg of said rectangle and positionedin the plane of said rectangle for holding a jardiniere, and meansforming a tubular fitting attached to an opposite end of said rectangleand extending downwardly perpendicular to the plane of said rectanglewhereby a flag staff may be supported in an upright position by saidfitting.

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CLAUDE A. LE ROY, Primary Examiner. JOHN PETO, Examiner.

